The Little Hungarian Plain is watered by two large rivers, the Neutra and the Vag. A railway runs through the Neutra valley towards the North, branching off from the principal line Budapest--Pozsony at the little town of Ersekujvar. The most important station on this line is Nyitra (Neutra), lying on the river of the same name, and dominated by a hill, on which we notice the Episcopal Church, composed of two Churches, built one above the other, -- the lower Church quite ancient, and the upper one constructed in the 18th Century, in Rococo style, the Bishop's Residence and the Priest's Seminary.

This site was formerly occupied by the Church of St. Emeran, founded by St. Stephen, and for three Centuries Nyitra was a royal stronghold. Above the Town, on Mount Zobor (587 meters) where once stood a convent, now stands the Millennium Monument, a high granite column, erected in 1896. Further North at the terminus of the railway, lies the village of Bajmocz, with a splendid Castle, rebuilt by Count John Palffy in French Gothic style; this reconstruction cost 3,000,060 crowns, but it is today one of the noblest buildings in Hungary and contains rich Art collections of high value.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital